#38400E#38400E

#38400E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.071 H 118.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38400E
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 14)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, -11.33, 28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 30.25, 111.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% -0.0336 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.071 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5436, 4.5393, 1.1049)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38400E #160E40

analogous

#402F0E #38400E #1F400E

triadic

#38400E #0E3840 #400E38

tetradic

#38400E #0E402F #160E40 #400E1F

square

#38400E #0E402F #160E40 #400E1F

split-complementary

#38400E #0E1F40 #2F0E40

monochromatic

#161905 #161905 #38400E #647219 #90A424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#38400E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#38400E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38400E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38400E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38400E	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443C12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38400e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.071 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707450',
    500: '#38400e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38400e;
$custom-light: #707450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38400e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35284,
    "c": 0.07132,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38400E

secondary

#3B2F7B

accent

#41E75B

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#ECEDE7

border

#C7C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38400E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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